Jingyu Chen
Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Tesla
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJingyu Chen is a Senior Robotics Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of experience bridging robotics, simulation, and AI across industry and academia. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA and has applied physics-based simulation and computational mechanics research to real-world robotics at X (Everyday Robots), Meta Reality Labs, and Tesla. Jingyu has strong AI engineering experience from NetEase Games and Amazon, combining research rigor with product-focused applied science to ship perceptual and control systems. He is comfortable moving between low-level simulation, machine learning, and systems integration, and his background suggests a knack for turning complex physical models into deployable software. An active programmer with a public portfolio site, he brings both academic depth and hands-on industry experience to tackle hard robotics problems at scale. Colleagues often note his ability to translate cutting-edge research into pragmatic engineering that accelerates robot capabilities.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (8)
proj7
spring5
java5
nodejs5
javascript4
sketch3
sketch-app3
sketch-plugin2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jinyuchencn/hello_world
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
pythonfirst-repository
jinyuchencn/SE100
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:30 pushes in 3 months
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